Richard Southwell

Richard Southwell (1503-1564) was an English nobleman from London who was a servant of Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire. In 1532, he engaged in a swordfight with William Pennington after Pennington insulted the honor of Anne Boleyn, and Southwell broke Catholic custom by killing Pennington inside of a church. Southwell would die thirty-two years later in peace.